“ The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election. ”
- Earl Wilson- Copy
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“ I don't see where this is a story. Everything Dr. Weir told senators about embryonic stem cell research was true. He just used the wrong video. ”
- Frank Murphy- Copy
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“ It's going to pass. It just depends on when that willful band of three or four senators is going to recognize that. ”
- Max Baucus- Copy
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“ We have all these senators and members of the House who say the president hasn't made his case yet. ”
- James Inhofe- Copy
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“ The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians. ”
- Benjamin Disraeli- Copy
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“ A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman of the next generation. ”
- James Clarke- Copy
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“ As much as we disliked the Yankees, fans and players alike, they were good for baseball. They consistently unsuccessful teams like the Browns, Senators, and A's paid a lot of their bills with those big crowds that poured through the gates when the Yankees came to town. ”
- Bob Feller- Copy
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“ There are many individual senators, including myself, who have said that, at an appropriate time after disposing of the impeachment matter, that an appropriate censure resolution that seems to me should be considered by the Congress. ”
- Carl Levin- Copy
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“ All the senators were there, and Frank Capra was in a box with his wife with the vice president and his wife, and several other senators. They, as the picture started going, became very quiet. After the picture had been going for three quarters of an hour, the film broke… ”
- James Stewart- Copy
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“ That was the last year we Democrats controlled every statewide officegovernor, attorney general, comptroller, two U.S. senators,... We are on the brink of doing it again. 06 is going to be our year. If Democrat values were a stock, now is the time to buy. ”
- Mark Green- Copy
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“ Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians. ”
- David Brinkley- Copy
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“ A politician thinks of the next election — a statesman, of the next generation. ”
- James Freeman Clarke- Copy
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“ A politician looks forward only to the next election. A statesman looks forward to the next generation. ”
- Thomas Jefferson- Copy
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“ The world is wearied of statesmen; whom democracy has degraded into politicians. ”
- Benjamin Disraeli- Copy
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“ A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with him he's a statesman. ”
- David Lloyd George- Copy
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“ The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians. ”
- Benjamin Disraeli- Copy
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“ The one thing sure about politics is that what goes up comes down and what goes down often comes up. ”
- Richard M. Nixon- Copy
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“ A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman, of the next generation. ”
- James Freeman Clarke- Copy
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“ Now I know what a statesman is; he's a dead politician. We need more statesmen. ”
- Bob Edwards- Copy
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“ We forget that the most successful statesmen have been professionals. Lincoln was a professional politician. ”
- Felix Frankfurter- Copy
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“ A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation. ”
- James Freeman Clarke- Copy
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“ This is absurd. This is irresponsible. I strongly urge senators to consider what they're doing here tonight in supporting this amendment because, in a word I do not use lightly, this is an outrage. ”
- Max Baucus- Copy
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“ Any time two United States senators in different parties get together and say something is good for the state, that is very powerful. But I need to read the details. ”
- Jim Davis- Copy
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“ Senators that are looking to run are walking a fine line between supporting the troops and supporting their core constituents in the base of their own party. ”
- Scott Reed- Copy
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“ Veterans, including myself, would be very proud to have us choose a president and U.S. senators and congressmen and other state officials on our holiday. ”
- Jimmy Carter- Copy
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